Noelia Lorenzo (Née Noelia Lorenzo Monge; born August 31, 1979) mostly known as Noelia, is a Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame in 1999. Her self-titled debut album was certified as a RIAA

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in the United States. During her career she has had ten

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hits and Five Top 40 ''Billboard'' Dance/Club Play Songs. She is a Latin ''Billboard'' Award Winner.

Musical career

Noelia started working on her first full-length album in 1998. The

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album was released in 1999, making her debut at the Madison Square Garden. The album produced the hit single " Tú", written by Estéfano. The album was certified gold in the U.S. In 2000 she released her second album, ''

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''. Her third album, ''Natural'', released in 2003 featured another hit song, "Clávame Tu Amor", which peaked at No. 5 on ''

'' Hot Latin Tracks. The album also featured songwriting contributions from Latin Producer Kike Santander and Jose Gaviria. In 2004, she released her fourth studio album titled ''Melao'', which was a fusion of pop with

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. The album was produced by reggaeton producer, DJ Eric, and features Yamil sharing lead vocals with Noelia. They also co-wrote most of the songs of the album. In 2006, she returned to her musical roots with the album ''40 Grados'', produced by Adrián Posse. The album featured the single "Como Duele", which was nominated by ''Billboard'' as Pop Song of the Year. The song was also chosen as the theme for the

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''Barrera de Amor'' and peaked at No. 8 on ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs. In 2007, she released her sixth full-length album titled ''Volverte a Ver''. She then worked on two albums, her first English single for the European market was titled "Caribbean Queen". It was released in May 2009 mostly in Italy. The song is a

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's hit song of 1984 with added lyrics by Noelia. In mid-2011 Noelia broke a record for Hispanic online audience in the U.S. with her online concert produced by Hispanic Media Giant Univision. "In Studio" with Noelia on Univision.com attracted more than 3.5 million viewers. In 2012 Noelia released the single "Kiss Me". On April 2 it appeared in the ''Billboard'' Charts both in the Dance and Latin Hot Track categories. On June 15, 2013, Noelia launched her "Mind Blown" Tour at the House of Blues on Sunset in West Hollywood California. In October 2013 she released the "Mind Blown" music video, which reached more than 1 million views combined in less than 15 days. February 2014 Noelia made another Hot Shot Debut on the ''Billboard'' Charts with "Mind Blown" produced by

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and remixed by DJs

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and Dan De Leon In July 2018 Noelia released the first single from the new album "La mas Completa Coleccion". This is a remake of her song "Clavame tu Amor" recorded with Mexican Banda and Norteño Sounds. In total, Noelia has sold almost 10 million albums worldwide.

Philanthropy

Noelia is a supporter of and contributor to the

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of East Los Angeles; the organization was about to close its doors, and she and a few friends donated money and raised more from others in the entertainment community to save the space for children in the community of East Los Angeles. Noelia also supports the "Juarez Sin Frio" Initiative, a movement to raise funds to provide warm clothing and portable heaters to the villages in the high altitude mountains of

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State, Mexico, helping prevent deaths in winter due to the extremely low temperatures.

Entrepreneur

Noelia is the founder and creator of "Noelicious", a woman's lingerie and sexy clothing brand; she is also the founder of Noelia's Cabaret, an adult entertainment club chain. In 2020, Noelia founded the company "Protecciones Comerciales de México" (Protecom) company dedicated to the production of acrylic products, such as masks, screens and dividers in Mexico. Also in 2020, she was named entrepreneur leader of the year by the magazine "Executive Woman" in the edition of the 30 business leaders of Mexico. By the end of 2021, Noelia launched two social media platforms – Celebriffy and Cherryland.vip. Celebriffy is a full social media platform with the features found in Facebook, YouTube and Instagram but content creators can monetize their content. Celebriffy is already available at Appstore and Playstore. Noelia has stated that the company that she commands and owns has a staff of more than 65 engineers who wrote and maintain the proprietary code of the platforms. In November 2021, Noelia launched her own branded Mastercard Debit Card Program for the general market in the U.S.

Personal life

Noelia, the first daughter of Puerto Rican singer and actress

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and Uruguayan businessman Alfredo Lorenzo, showed interest in music from childhood. Noelia has two half-siblings from Monge's subsequent marriages. In 2007 she secretly married Mexican American aviation entrepreneur and music producer Jorge Reynoso in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her secret marriage was exposed by Maya Magazine's publication of unauthorized photos of the wedding in gossip magazine TVNotas, leading to a

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. In June 2007, a

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of Noelia and her ex-boyfriend Yamil engaged in anal intercourse was leaked on the Internet.Noelia , Noelia Sex Tape Hits Net
. Contactmusic. Retrieved March 27, 2012.

Discography

Studio albums

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Noelia Noelia Lorenzo (Née Noelia Lorenzo Monge; born August 31, 1979) mostly known as Noelia, is a Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame in 1999. Her self-titled debut album was certified as a RIAA gold album in the United States. During he ...

'' (1999) *''

'' (2000) *''Natural'' (2003) *''Melao'' (2004) *''40 Grados'' (2005) *''Volverte a Ver'' (2007)

EPs

*''Mind Blown'' (2013) *''Spell'' (2014) *''Explode'' (2016)

Singles

References

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* {{Authority control 1970s births Living people Fonovisa Records artists Singers from San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican women composers 21st-century Puerto Rican women singers Puerto Rican singer-songwriters Puerto Rican pop singers Puerto Rican people of Uruguayan descent Latin pop singers Women in Latin music